It Started with a Bang, Then a Knot, and then a Ring, and finally, I Graduated :)

If you think the title is a bit odd, in all honesty, I meant for it to look unique. In my defence, the title doesn't mean anything vulgar or sexual. Day before yesterday, I found out that I have officially graduated. I can say the feeling that you have finally gotten through everything is very satisfying. The day started out like this....

 

It was 9.30 a.m. and the curtains in my room were drawn causing a warm orange light to be filtered into my room. My bed was nice and warm and the air conditioning unit was whirring like it always does. I was dreaming of ice cream and the beach as I lay in bed, surrounded by the snug cocoon my blanket was. Suddenly, an almighty sound like an explosion shook me out of bed. The windows of my apartment rattled in their rails and my entire apartment felt like it had a tremor running through it. Leaping out of my bed, I rushed to my window to see what caused the noise. The pool boy cleaning the wading pool had stopped his cleaning and was staring at the general direction of the new condominiums in front of mine. The building had been completed not long ago.

 

Scampering off to my balcony, I notice that thick black smoke was starting to drift upwards from one of the lower floors of that apartment. My neighbours were also shaken by the explosion and many were standing on their balconies straining their eyes to see what was going on. Note, I did this all in my jammies, and when I finally realised that my neighbours, should they have happened to look at my general direction would have seen a girl with bed hair, faded violet t-shirt and boxer shorts on. Well, after the excitement, I went into the house, but not after calling Nick and his cousin. I then proceeded to yabber about it my mum through msn.

 

Nick was having an interview with some heating company and I was waiting for him to pop by and we'd go for lunch. I was jittery with the results coming out and I was pacing the house. Finally, I decided to learn how to make a V-shaped friendship band. Going online to occupy my thoughts while waiting, I found out the methods to do so. Trying it, I found that I had been knotting the strings wrongly and that was what made me make so many mistakes! Happy and jubilant that I found the way, I continued practicing. When Nick got back, we decided to cook our lunch at my place and spent the next hours preparing our meals.

 

By the afternoon, I was pacing up and down. Not being able to take my jittery and foul mood, Nick decided to take matters into his own hands. Knowing that I had been wanting to buy a new phone, he had given me the contact of a phone dealer. Sadly, the phone dealer couldn't follow through and she told me such making my mood even worse. Taking the situation in his hands, he helped me clean up the dishes and told me to get dressed, seeing as I was still in my jammies. Quickly changing my clothes, I got ready to leave my house and left a note to my brother. We zipped out of my apartment and scurried down to KL to get to Lowyat.

 

At Lowyat, we made a beeline to a shop that we had targeted the last time we were there. The girl that served me, bless her, was pleasant and worked quickly to meet my demands; a black C902 with 2GB memory. After making a few calls, the girl had managed to track down the last black C902. It was a bit more pricey than she had quoted initially. RM20 more than before. Nick and I quickly discussed between ourselves if we absolutely needed that much memory. Deciding to cut the memory down to 1GB, I asked her how much it would cost. Holding my breath, I waited anxiously as she opened her mouth to speak, "1.5K lo. The 1GB is cheaper than the 2GB by 20 dollars ma". Doing a little shimmy and jump, I told the girl that I was game and would get the phone. Smiling widely, I turned to Nick who was beaming to himself.

 

I rushed to the LG level and withdrew my money. Excitement bubbled through me and I couldn't help but giggle a bit every once in a while. The minute I officially purchased the phone, I held the box the phone was in, close to me, afraid someone would snatch it from me and afraid I was in a dream. Nick and I walked back to his car where I began the process of transferring the sim card from my old phone to the new one. My smiles were wide and ridiculous, but I was happy.

 

When we got home, I remembered our results being released. Rushing to boot up my laptop, my heart was felt like it was hammering against my chest. I watched the log in page load and I thought to myself, this is it. The moment of truth! The page loaded and my heart leapt to ,my mouth as I scrolled down...

 

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GEN 3030, semester 1, 2008..... PASS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Running out of the room, I charged into Nick's drum room and tried to calm down. "The results are out..." was all I managed to say before rushing off again. Nick followed behind closely. We looked at my results again and I squealed, non to maturely, and jumped about. And that ladies and gentlemen, marks the end of my life as an under graduate! J